Mindless self indulgence (at Aptos, California)
Forgiveness: Or, How to Kill a Sin by Really, Really Trying.
For better or worse, I find myself thinking about Forgiveness. As an act, Forgiveness isn’t something that is practically understood. It is too often painted as “the easy way out” of accountability or as an act of cowardice. Forgiveness is seen as a form of permission, instead of something far more complex. Many proud individuals, myself include, look at forgiveness as a form of sunshine and…
Push. Push. Push again.
Find your beauty along the way. (at Castle Rock Trail)
So Long, 2017
Dear 2017, If you were a person, you would be my least favorite professor: manipulative, dismissive, and an all around awful person. (more…)
The importance of having 100 things to learn:
“Excellence is not an act, but a habit” –Aristotle (more…)
What to Do when you are a Christian Who Hates Christmas
Strip it down. Baptize it. Resurrect it from the dead.
If you are like me, you’re over Christmas. In fact, you’ve been over it for a few years now. You don’t like the colors Green and Red in combination. You’re too grinchy to watch the Grinch, and Carols make you gag. You’ve stopped listening to the radio since the day before halloween. When people message you on Facebook “Merry Christmas,” you contemplate an alternative that isn’t “Happy Holidays,”…
12/24/17 “When you’re a Christian That’s Had it With Christmas”
12/24/17 “When you’re a Christian That’s Had it With Christmas”
Angle: “When you are tired of the tinsel and the wrapping and the Christmas masses, its a sign that Christmas may just be starting to mean something to you.” The Problem: Christmas just isn’t what it used to be Maybe Christmas was terrible a year ago. Maybe this year hasn’t reflected any of the values of the hope of Christmas. Maybe the whole holiday has been a slap in the face, and no goodwill…
To Us, in 2018:
“Teach us to Number our Days, that we may apply our hearts to Wisdom.” -Psalm 90:12 2017 is nearing a close, and like its predecessor, it has not been kind. When I think about where this past year has taken us, the words that come to mind are “stormy waters.” The national and political stage has become a site of fever-pitched dramas: it has not been pretty, nor has it been fair. This past year…
Sunday Post–How to #Resist: On Living under Trump and an age of Political Instability
Sunday Post–How to #Resist: On Living under Trump and an age of Political Instability
Fellow Christians, we should be resisting. (more…)